Authorities in Napak district are struggling to contain a decrease in cases of teenage pregnancies due to the absence of a court and shelters in the area. According to statistics from the district, more than 3,395 got pregnant between 2020 and 2023. the district recorded 1,053 cases in 2020, a number that later jumped high…
The government of Norway has partnered with the kingdom of Busoga in a 4.4 Million USD project aimed at ending teenage pregnancies in Mayuge and Kamuli districts. Records from the United Nations Population Fund-UNFPA as of 2021 rated Mayuge and Kamuli as some of the districts as having the highest teenage pregnancy cases in the…
At least 5,000 teenage girls have been conceived in the Katakwi district since October 2020. A new report released by the Senior District Probation Officer in Katakwi, Betty Angiro indicates that more than 7,000 teenage pregnancies have been recorded in Katakwi between January 2020 and September 2021. The report shows that there is an increase…
At least 3,925 teenage girls in Agago district have been impregnated in the last one year, statistics from the District Health Department has revealed. A report released Monday shows that 3,925 out of 19,503 expectant mothers who visited various health facilities for antennal care services-ANC between 2020 to August 2021 were girls of 18 years and below. The…
Parliament has passed a motion asking the government to urgently address the different challenges faced by the girl child. They cited trafficking, teenage pregnancies and early marriages as some of the issues that need immediate attention. Following a motion by Tororo Woman MP Sarah Opendi, legislators noted that the country was struggling to contain the…
Agago district has registered a total of 1,972 teenage pregnancies within a period of 15 months. Agago District Probation Office records show that the people who visited different health centres to access antenatal services during the last year included 1,339 adolescent girls aged between 12 and 19. Another 633 cases were registered between April and…
Kwania district has reported a high incidence of teenage pregnancy in a period of about one and half-year, hence threatening to cut short the pursuit for education amongst girls of school going age. The information was contained in data presented by the district Probation Officer, Moses Opio, during a district steering committee quartly meeting held on Tuesday…
Bushenyi District has registered up to 2,103 cases of teenage pregnancies within eighteen months. According to statistics from the district Probation office, the cases were registered between January 2020 and June 2021 after the first lockdown was announced by President Museveni following the outbreak of COVID-19. The statistics were obtained from various health facilities where…
Educationists in Kotido District have asked parents to give pregnant teenagers a second chance when schools reopen. They argue that a second chance will always give a girl child an opportunity to complete her education after delivery. Benson Katyango Boeing, a Senior Education Officer of Kotido district says girls are at the risk of dropping…
The Kalungu district health department is battling with unsafe abortions due to a persistent increase in teenage pregnancies. Dr Daniel Ssentamu, the Kalungu District Health Officer says that their Reproductive Healthcare status report indicates that pregnancies by underage girls below 19 years are contributing an average of 18% of overall statistics of expecting mothers who…